Ronda Rousey On “Cyborg:” Have Her Drop Down, Where’s She At?

UFC women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey picked up her ninth straight MMA victory at last night’s UFC 170 in Las Vegas, stopping Olympic silver medalist Sara McMann with a vicious knee to the body at only 1:06 of the first round.

It was “Rowdy’s” first striking stoppage victory, and it was also the fastest knockout in UFC female history. Although many thought that referee Herb Dean’s stoppage of McMann was bit premature, Rousey spoke up to FOX Sports after the fight to say she’ll take another win however she can get it:

“I mean, I’m happy to win, just anyway. You know, my mom always said ‘Pick the first opportunity no matter what it is. If it works, then it was good.’ And so, um, my mom was actually happy I won striking cause it was faster than an armbar would have been, and I never thought I would have heard her say that because she’s ‘Miss Original Armbar Lady.’”

“But I’m happy with it. I know that some of the fans probably wish they had a longer fight tonight, but you know what, I like going to bed a little earlier.”

Rousey touched on her newfound striking prowess, an added wrinkle to her game that is apparently making the already dominant champion a transcendent force in women’s MMA:

“I really have been working specifically on body shots, and I was taking more to the liver side this camp.”

While Rousey is set to appear in the motion picture “Entourage,” which begins filming this March, she still wants to keep momentum rolling in the cage. “Rowdy” welcomed the challenge of “Cyborg” with open arms last night:

“Yeah, have her drop down, I’m not going anywhere. I’m the champ, where’s she at?”

Despite a Rousey vs. “Cyborg” bout being almost a sure thing for the biggest women’s MMA fight of all-time, there are still a few roadblocks to clear before the fight becomes a reality.

And considering Cyborg was on friken roids half of her career as a fighter. I mean really, look at this she-man's past fights, with Gina or any of them. She was a solid rock compared to the rest of the women. I've wrestled, kick boxed, and started training in MMA before i had to have my acl surgery. Now i just workout all the time. And i can tell you, no female MMA fighter is going to "Naturally" look a little female Dwayne Johnson walking into the Octagon. Women just aren't naturally built that way! Now the work out freaks that every body winces at because she lives off of Protein and water, and curls 35 Ivanko dum bells. Yeah! They can get that big and that cut, but you have to devote more time in the weight room then on the Matt. Thats the only way. And Cyborg devotes just as much time on the matt as Gina did, or as Rousey does. And Rousey is most naturally cut female in MMA right now. So no, i give Cyborg no credit for her power. Anybody can get big when they are on Human growth, TRT, or roids. And all of which women do not need.

Interpretation of Dana's comments: If I give Cyborg a title shot immediately it will mean that the UFC has to pay her what she is worth from the get go…I would much prefer seeing her earn $10k on a couple fights first and we will use her weight issue as the excuse despite fighters failing to make weight on many cards….